posted 05-22-2011 04:17 PM
If I wanted to make my own cover for a launch, how do you make one?

yeknom-ecapsMember

Posts: 458From: Northville MI USARegistered: Aug 2005

posted 05-22-2011 05:38 PM
Very easy...

I send "blank" envelopes to KSC, VAFB, etc. with only the stamp on them and ask for a cancel for the mission launch date (I write the mission on the outside of the mailing envelope too) enclosing a SASE for their return. Once I receive them back I print the launch info and photo on the envelope from my printer using a "envelope setting"...

Some other collectors do the opposite by printing up the cachet on the envelopes before the launch but then you don't have all the info (e.g. exact launch time).

Try a couple out on your printer to get the alignment right. Use good quality envelopes or the glue with come through over time.

You can also e-mail me as well if you have specific questions.

micropoozMember

Posts: 1239From: Washington, DC, USARegistered: Apr 2003

posted 05-22-2011 06:19 PM
And mail your to-be-canceled covers to:

PostmasterNASA Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

PostmasterNASA Johnson Space CenterHouston, TX 77058

PostmasterPasadena, CA 91102

PostmasterEdwards, CA 93523

depending on where you want them postmarked.

For JPL-related events, you can either send to the Pasadena postmaster above or to the JPL Stamp Club.

BMckayMember

Posts: 1906From: MA, USARegistered: Sep 2002

posted 07-16-2011 07:15 AM
I am having trouble making one. Can someone help me out? I am looking for an Expedition 29, 30 and the Soyuz launch in September. I will trade or pay for them. Looking for three of each.

cosmos-walterMember

Posts: 406From: Salzburg, AustriaRegistered: Jun 2003

posted 07-21-2011 04:07 PM
Does anybody of you have the address for ESA launch center at Kourou in French-Guayana?